chickenpox
111Swine Flu Parties — Social gatherings staged to spread swine flu, with the aim of contracting the virus before it becomes more virulent. As rumors of people attending “swine flu parties” circulated in the U.K., the British Medical Association warned parents against… …
112varicella zoster virus — noun the member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox • Hypernyms: ↑herpes, ↑herpes virus * * * a type of herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles. Also called herpes zoster virus …
113var|i|cel|la — «VAR uh SEHL uh», noun. = chickenpox. (Cf. ↑chickenpox) ╂[< New Latin varicella (diminutive) < variola; see etym. under variola (Cf. ↑variola)] …
114Cytomegalovirus — Herpesvirus Her pes*vir us, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family {Herpetoviridae}, including among them such human disease causing agents as {Herpes simplex virus} causing oral and genital {herpes}, {varicella zoster… …
115Epstein-Barr virus — Herpesvirus Her pes*vir us, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family {Herpetoviridae}, including among them such human disease causing agents as {Herpes simplex virus} causing oral and genital {herpes}, {varicella zoster… …
116Herpes simplex virus — Herpesvirus Her pes*vir us, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family {Herpetoviridae}, including among them such human disease causing agents as {Herpes simplex virus} causing oral and genital {herpes}, {varicella zoster… …
117Herpes zoster virus — Herpesvirus Her pes*vir us, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family {Herpetoviridae}, including among them such human disease causing agents as {Herpes simplex virus} causing oral and genital {herpes}, {varicella zoster… …
118Herpesvirus — Her pes*vir us, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family {Herpetoviridae}, including among them such human disease causing agents as {Herpes simplex virus} causing oral and genital {herpes}, {varicella zoster virus}… …
119varicella-zoster virus — Herpesvirus Her pes*vir us, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA containing virus of the family {Herpetoviridae}, including among them such human disease causing agents as {Herpes simplex virus} causing oral and genital {herpes}, {varicella zoster… …
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